EP1388080A4 - Steuereinheit für ein mehrpunkt-multimedia-/audiosystem - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to conferencing systems, and more particularly to a control unit for a multipoint audio and or multimedia conference.
- a participant In current audio conferences or videoconferences, a participant is an entity that can participate in a single conference (i.e., the participant can speak and/or listen to a single conference). However, often a participant needs to speak to one group and during the same time may need to listen to another group of related or unrelated conferences. [0003]
- An example for such a need is a conference with two groups of people who do not speak the same language and need translators. For instance, one such scenario includes a group having English speaking individuals, El to En, a second group having French speaking individuals, FI to Fm, a translator from English to French (EF) and a translator from French to English (FE).
- the participants of the conference may desire to have the following related conferences: conference A with participants El to En, FI to Fm, and FE and conference B with participants El to En, FI to Fm, and EF.
- the French-speaking individual may want to listen to conference B and the English speaking individuals may want to listen to Conference A.
- the FE translator may want to listen to Conference A.
- the French speaking individuals will hear the FE translator.
- the French speaking individuals will hear the EF translator.
- Another example in which participants of a conference may desire to have more than one conference is if some of the participants want a "Private Room" (a virtual private room) in which a first group of participants can hear a second group of participants, while chatting among themselves without being heard by the second group of participants.
- a Multipoint Control Unit is a conference controlling entity.
- the MCU may be a piece of equipment located in a node of the network or in a terminal that receives several channels from access ports and, according to certain criteria, processes audio or audiovisual signals and distributes them to connected channels.
- the audio signals are processed according to signaling protocol in the circuit switch or packet switched networks such as, but not limited to, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Internet Protocol (IP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), H.320, H.323, or a similar protocol.
- PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
- ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
- ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- IP Internet Protocol
- SIP Session Initiation Protocol
- H.320 H.323
- MGC-100 An example of an MCU is MGC-100, which is available from Polycom, Inc.
- the MCU When the MCU is for an audio/multimedia conference, the MCU may process the audio signals and distribute them to connected channels, and may be used for controlling a conference.
- current MCUs cannot fulfill the needs of those individuals desiring to participate in multiple conferences such as the examples given above. [0006] Therefore, it is evident that there is a need for a system and a method, which enables one or more participants to take part in more than one conference.
- the present invention provides a system and a method for controlling an audio or multimedia conference that enables each participant to participate in more than one conference.
- the present invention may operate in an audio section and in a Management and Control System (MCS) section of an MCU.
- MCS Management and Control System
- a bridge may be a logical unit that is identified with a conference.
- the bridge may include a stream analyze and enhance logical unit, a control unit, a switch, and a mixer.
- the analyze and enhance logical unit may include a set of algorithms analyzing an audio stream of a participant and enhancing its quality.
- the analysis and enhancement may include, but is not limited to, ITU G.165 (Echo canceling), DTMF suppression, Voice Activity Detection (VAD), for example.
- the control unit may be a main control unit for the conference, and may receive all information signals from the stream analyze and enhance logical units.
- the control unit may select the participants that will be routed for mixing.
- the switch may be a selector that receives the decoded streams from all the participants in a conference and transfer the selected streams to a mixer. The selection is based on the decisions of the control unit.
- the mixing unit receives the streams from all of the selected participants and supplies each participant with an uncompressed mixed audio stream from the selected participants.
- a connection parameter may indicate resources that are allocated to each participant and to each conference.
- connection parameter may be a parameter related to a codec that is associated with the participant, and/or a bridge that is associated with the conference.
- words such as compress and encode may be used interchangeably.
- decode uncompress and open data may be used interchangeably.
- CCDB Cross-Conference Database
- the CCDB is a database that holds connection statuses of each participant in all the conferences that are currently managed by the MCU and/or the connection parameters of all the conferences and/or all the participants that are currently connected to the MCU.
- the connection status may define the status of the participant in a conference.
- connection statuses are Normal, Mute, Force, Speak, Listening, and None.
- the Mute (M) connection status may mean that the participant cannot be heard in the conference.
- the Normal (N) connection status may mean that the participant can be heard and can listen to the conference.
- the Speak (S) connection status may mean that a participant can be heard in the conference but cannot listen to the conference.
- the participant may be heard only if the signal representing the participant's voice meets certain criteria such as whether the energy level is above a certain value.
- the Force (F) connection status may mean that the participant must be heard in the conference even if the corresponding participant's voice does not meet the criteria for being heard.
- the F connection status may also allow the participant to listen to the conference.
- the Exclusive (E) connection status may mean that the participant is the only one that can be heard in the conference.
- the Listening (L) or Mute (M) connection status may mean that the participant can listen to the conference without speaking.
- the None connection status may mean that the participant has no relations to this conference.
- the MCS of the present invention may control the participation of at least one participant in more than one conference by using the Cross Conference Database (CCDB).
- the MCU may perform connection changes of participants or conferences based on information that is stored in the CCDB.
- a connection change may be any change in the current situation.
- a connection change can be, for example, the start of a conference, the termination of a conference, the addition of a participant to the conference, or the muting of a participant.
- the CCDB can be implemented in a single database or in several databases. For example, there may be a database for each participant that may include the connection status and/or the connection parameters of that participant in every conference that is currently controlled and/or managed by the MCU. As another example, there may be a database for each conference that is currently controlled by the MCU, where the database may include the connection status of all of the participants in the conference and/or the connection parameters of the conference. [0010] In one embodiment, the MCS may have one or more routines that manage the effect of changes in one conference on some of or all of the other conferences, and/or the effect of changes in the connection status of one participant on some of or all of the conferences.
- an encoder may be an enhancement and encoding logical unit, compressing the audio signal for participants, based on the communication standard, such as, but not limited to, G.723.1, G.728, G.729, or MPEG.
- a decoder may be a logical unit for decoding a compressed audio stream, based on the communication standards like but not limited to: G.723.1, G.728, G.729, MPEG.
- codec refers to a unit that may be a logical unit and includes a decoder or decoding section and an encoder or encoding section.
- bridge refers to a unit, which may be a logical unit, that is associated with the conference.
- the audio section of an embodiment of the present invention has an architecture that enables multicasting decoded output from each participant's codec to the bridges of all the conferences. Moreover, the audio section may enable routing of the output of any bridge or any of a group of bridges to any participant or any of a group of participants.
- FIG. 1 A is a block diagram showing a conference environment
- FIG. IB is a block diagram of an embodiment of the invention including a general description of an audio unit
- FIG. 1C is a flowchart of a method of operation for the embodiment of FIG. IB
- FIG.2 is an example of a Cross-Conferences Database (CCDB)
- FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing the steps of an exemplary method for disconnection of a participant
- FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing the steps of an exemplary method for terminating a conference.
- FIG. 1A is an exemplary block diagram illustrating a general description of a conference environment 100 having endpoints l l lOaa-nk, operator 1115, multimedia signals 1120aa-nk, multimedia communications 1122a-k, networks 1130a-k, and Multimedia Conference Control Unit (MCCU) 1140.
- MCCU Multimedia Conference Control Unit
- the MCCU 1140 may include a Network Interface (NI) 1142, Compressed Audio Common Interface (CACI) 110, audio unit 1160, Management and Control System (MCS) 1170, control signals 1174, a host 1200, and video unit 1300. Other exemplary embodiments may not have a video section and may be used for audio conferences only.
- NI Network Interface
- CACI Compressed Audio Common Interface
- MCS Management and Control System
- the pluralities of endpoints l l lOaa-nk are connected via the plurality of networks 1130a-k to the MCCU 1140.
- the MCCU 1140 may be an MCU, or an audio only multipoint control unit (an audio bridge), for example.
- the MCCU 1140 and/or some or all of its components are logical units that may be implemented by hardware and/or software.
- the MCS 1170 may be a control module and may be a logical unit that controls the operation of the MCCU 1140.
- An endpoint is a terminal on a network, capable of providing one way or two- way audio and/or visual communication with other terminals or with the MCCU 1440.
- the information communicated between the terminals and/or the MCCU 1440 may include control signals, indicators, audio information, video information, and data.
- a terminal may provide any combination of several different types of inputs and/or outputs, such as speech only, speech and data, a combination of speech and video, or a combination of speech, data, and video.
- the NI 1142 receives multimedia communications 1122a-k via a plurality of networks 1130a-k and multimedia signals 1120aa-nk from the plurality of the endpoints l l lOaa-nk, and processes the multimedia communication according to communication standards that are used by each type of network, such as, but not limited to, H.323, H.321, SIP, and/or H.320.
- the NI 1142 then delivers compressed audio, compressed video, compressed data, and control streams to appropriate logical modules in the MCU 1140.
- Some communication standards require that the process of the NI 1142 include demultiplexing the incoming multimedia communication into compressed audio, compressed video, compressed data and control streams.
- the NI 1142 receives the separate streams from the various units (e.g., the MCS 1170, audio unit 1160, and/or video unit 1300) and processes the streams according to the appropriate communication standard.
- the NI 1142 then transmits the streams to the appropriate network 113 Oa-k.
- the audio unit 1160 receives the compressed audio streams of the plurality of endpoints 11 lOaa-nk via the NI 1142 and CACI 110, processes the audio streams, mixes the relevant audio streams, and sends the compressed mixed signal via the Compressed Audio Common Interface (CACI) 110 and the NI 1142 to the endpoints l l lOaa-nk.
- CACI Compressed Audio Common Interface
- Audio unit 1160 may be a logical unit and is described below in conjunction to Fig. IB.
- the video unit 1300 may be a logical unit that receives and sends compressed video streams.
- the video unit 1300 includes at least one video input module that handles an input portion of a video stream 1302 from a participating endpoint and at least one video output module that generates a composed compressed video output stream that is sent via Compressed Video Common Interface (CVCI) 1302 to NI 1142 and from there to the designated endpoints 111 Oaa-nk.
- CVCI Compressed Video Common Interface
- the uncompressed video data is shared by input and output modules on a common interface such as, but not limited to, Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and/or shared memory.
- TDM Time Division Multiplexing
- ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- the host 1200 communicates with the operator 1115 of the MCCU 1140, where the operator 1115 may have an operator's station for communicating with the host 1200.
- the host 1200 controls the MCCU 1140 via the MCS 1170 according to instructions from the operator 1115.
- FIG. IB is an exemplary block diagram of an embodiment of the invention including a general description of audio unit 1160. The embodiment of FIG.
- IB includes a Compressed Audio Common interface (CACI) 110, a control bus 135, MCS 1170, and audio unit 1160 having compressed signals 115 and 117, codec 120, decoded information 126, mixed output 128, Decoded Audio Common Interface (DACI) 140, and bridge 150.
- the codec 120 includes a decoder 122 and an encoder 124, while the bridge 150 includes analyze and enhance unit 152, information signal 153, control unit 154, switch 156, control signals 157, selected signals 159, mixer 160, and mixed signal 161.
- FIG. IB describes the flow of audio streams in one example of the present invention. Compressed audio streams, from all endpoints that are connected to an MCU are transferred over the Compressed Audio Common Interface (CACI) 110.
- CACI Compressed Audio Common Interface
- the MCS 1170 allocates a codec 120 to each one of the endpoint 111 Oaa-nk (FIG. 1 A).
- the CACI 110 carries signals to and from endpoints l l lOaa-nk.
- the compressed signal 115 from one of the endpoint l l lOaa-nk is routed through the CACI 110 to the decoder 122 in the codec 120, which was previously allocated to that endpoint by the MCS 1170 via control bus 135.
- the decoder 122 may be a logical unit and may decode a compressed audio stream, based on the communication standards such as, but not limited to, G.723.1, G.728, G.729, MPEG.
- the decoder 122 then decodes the compressed audio stream, such as compressed signal 115, and broadcasts the decoded signal 126 over the Decoded Audio Common Interface (DACI) 140.
- the DACI 140 is a bus that may have broadcasting capabilities.
- the DACI 140 may be implemented for example by any one of or any combination of Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Asynchronous Transmission Mode (ATM), Local Area Network (LAN), wireless technology, or shared memory.
- the bridge 150 may then grab the decoded signal from the DACI 140 and may analyze, enhance, and/or mix the decoded signal and return the output 161 to the DACI 140.
- the encoder 124 may be a logical unit and may be an enhancement and/or encoding unit.
- the encoder 124 may compress the output 128 of the appropriate bridge 150 forming a compressed audio stream, such as the compressed signal 117, based on the communication standard such as, but not limited to, G.723.1, G.728, G.729, and/or Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG).
- the MCS 1170 generates a Cross-Conferences Database (CCDB) based on the required setup of all the participants and all the conferences that currently exist in the MCU.
- CCDB Cross-Conferences Database
- the CCDB is a Cross-Conference Database that holds the connection parameters (e.g., codecs and bridges, etc.) and the connection status (e.g., Normal, Mute etc.) of each endpoint (participant) that is currently connected to the MCU, in every conference that is currently managed by the MCU.
- the CCDB enables the participation of at least one participant in more than one conference.
- the CCDB is described below in conjunction with Fig 2.
- the MCS 1170 programs one or more bridges 150 to grab from the DACI 140 the decoded signals of all the participants associated with a conference that is assigned to those bridges 150.
- the decoded output of any codec 120 can be grabbed by more than one bridge 150 allowing the participants to be associated with more than one conference.
- the decoded streams from the decoders 122 on the DACI 140 may be grabbed by the bridge 150 and then analyzed and enhanced by the analyze and enhance unit 152.
- the analyze and enhance unit 152 may be a logical unit, and may include a set of algorithms for analyzing an audio stream of a participant and/or enhancing its quality, such as, but not limited to, International Telecommunications Union (ITU) G.165 (echo canceling), Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) suppression, and/or Voice Activity Detector (NAD).
- ITU International Telecommunications Union
- G.165 echo canceling
- DTMF Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
- NAD Voice Activity Detector
- the bridge 150 may have one or more analyze and enhance units 152.
- Each analyze and enhance unit 152 is assigned to a single participant and is programmed according to the connection status of that participant in the conference.
- the control unit 154 controls a conference that receives all signals from the analyze and enhance unit 152 and selects the participants that will be routed via switch 156 to the mixer 160.
- the mixer 160 receives the enhanced streams from all of the selected participants and supplies each participant with an uncompressed mixed audio stream of the selected participants.
- Signals from the analyze and enhance unit 152 are sent to the control unit 154 and the enhanced decoded audio signals are sent from the analyze and enhance units 152 to the switch unit 156.
- the switch unit 156 is a selector that receives the decoded streams from all the participants in a conference and transfers the selected streams to the mixer 160.
- the selection is based on the decisions of the control unit 154.
- the control unit 154 Based on received commands from the MCS 1170, which define the connection status of the participants in the conference that is assigned to the bridge 150, and the information signal 153 from the analyze and enhance unit 152 the control unit 154 controls, via control signals 157, the switch 156, and the mixer 160.
- the analyze and enhance unit 152 that is associated with that participant may indicate that the voice signal meets a certain criteria such as set forth by VAD, (e.g., such as the energy level being above a certain value.).
- the control unit 154 via switch 156 selects the output of the analyze and enhance unit 152, which is assigned to the participant, as one of the inputs to the mixer 160.
- the mixer 160 mixes the selected audio signals to form the mixed signal 161, and broadcasts the mixed signal 161 over the DACI 140.
- Some embodiments of the bridge 150 have the capability of eliminating the voice of a speaker from the mixed signal that is aimed to the endpoint of that speaker.
- the MCS 1170 based on the connection status stored in the CCDB, commands one or more codecs 120 to grab the mixed output 128 from the DACI 140 for listening to the conference.
- the encoder 124 After grabbing the mixed output 128 from the DACI 140, the encoder 124 encodes the decoded signal from the appropriate bridge 150, and sends the compressed signal 117 via the CACI 110 to the appropriate participant.
- the codecs 120 and the bridges 150 may be implemented by Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) such as, but not limited to, Texas Instruments DSP, TMS320C31.
- DSPs Digital Signal Processors
- One DSP can include more than one unit (e.g., more than one codec and/or bridge).
- the codec 120 handles a single participant's audio signal
- the bridge 150 handles one conference.
- FIG. IC a flowchart depicting a method 170 for the operation of the system of FIG. IB is shown.
- the mixed signal is broadcasted back to the endpoints l l lOaa-nk (FIG. 1A).
- the method 170 starts with step 172 in which the MCS 1170 (FIG. 1A) receives signals from the host 1200 (FIG. 1A) or from one or more endpoints l l lOaa-nk (FIG. 1A) related to the configuration of the conference or conferences in progress or that needs to be initiated.
- the endpoints 111 Oaa-nk communicate with the MCS 1170 indirectly by sending multimedia signals 1120aa-nk (FIG. 1A) to networks a-k which in turn send multimedia communications 1122a-k (FIG.
- the NI 1142 responds to the multimedia communication 1122a-k by sending control signal 1174 to the MCS 1170 to set up the conference.
- the audio unit 1160 (FIG. 1A) and/or the video unit 1300 (FIG. 1A) may send control signals to the MCS 1170 for setting up the conference in addition to or instead of the control signals 1174 (FIG. 1 A).
- the MCS 1170 creates and/or updates one or more CCDBs in which the information about how the conferences are to be setup is stored, and broadcasts control signals on the control bus 135 (FIG. IB).
- the codecs 120 receive and/or grab control signals from control bus 135 associating individual codecs 120 with endpoints and/or participants according to the configuration of the conferences in the CCDB in step 176.
- the bridges 150 grab and/or receive control signals from the control bus 135 associating each analyze and enhance unit 152 with an endpoint and/or participant.
- compressed audio signals from one or more endpoints are placed or broadcasted on the CACI 110 (FIG. IB) in step 180.
- the corresponding decoder 122 (FIG. IB) of the codec 120 may grab and/or receive the compressed signal 115 (FIG.
- step 184 the analyze and enhance unit 152 (FIG. IB) grabs and/or receives the decoded signal 141 (FIG. IB) (which may be derived from the decoded signal 126) from the DACI 140 according to control signals from the MCS 1170, which is driven from CCDB (step 174). Also, in step 184, the analyze and enhance unit 152 enhances the decoded signal 141 to form the enhanced signal 155 (FIG.
- control unit 154 produces control signals 157 (FIG. IB) based upon control signals from the MCS 1170 (which are driven from CCDB in step 174) and/or control information 153 in step 190.
- the switch 156 selects which enhanced signals 155 are sent as selected signals 159 (FIG. IB) to the mixer 160 (FIG. IB) in step 191.
- the mixer 160 mixes the selected signals 159 to form the mixed signal 161 (FIG. IB) according to control signals from the MCS 1170 and broadcasts the mixed signal 161 onto the DACI 140.
- One or more encoders 124 (FIG. IB), based on CCDB (step 174), may grab and/or receive the mixed output 128 (which may be derived from mixed signal 161), and encode the mixed output 128 to form the compressed audio signal 117 (FIG. IB) in step 194.
- the compressed audio signal 117 is then broadcasted onto the CACI 110.
- step 196 the endpoints ll lOaa-nk grab and/or receive the mixed compressed audio signal via the NI 1142 and networks 113 Oa-k.
- FIG. 2 is an example of a CCDB. Each column represents a conference and the bridge 150 (FIG. 1A) that is associated with that conference. In FIG.
- the participants are labeled lto N+2, and the conferences are labeled A-X.
- the bridges used for the conference are labeled Bl-Bz.
- French speaking participants are marked with an "F”
- English speaking participants are marked with an "E”
- the English to French translator is marked with an "EF”
- the French to English translator is marked with an "FE.”
- the codecs in use are labeled COl-Ck.
- column A 202 (i.e., conference A) uses bridge # 3 (i.e., B3), and the first row 204 is participant #1 who is using codec # 11 (Cl 1) 206.
- the current example presents a case with five conferences.
- the first conference is conference A, which uses B3 as the bridge.
- Conference A has six participants, labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, which use the codecs 120 (FIG. IB) having numbers Cl 1, C21, C13, C05, C07, and C06, respectively.
- connection status of the participants 1, 3, 5 is "Normal" (N).
- the N connection status may mean that a participant can speak and listen to the conference.
- the bridge 150 associated with the conference in this case bridge B3, grabs the decoded information 126 (FIG. IB) from each decoder 122 (FIG. IB) associated with one of the participants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 so that the decoded information of these participants can be mixed with the other audio signals of the conference, and participants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 can be heard.
- the encoder 124 (FIG. IB) associated with that participant grabs the mixed output 128 (FIG.
- Conference B has six participants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 that use codec numbers CH, C21, C13, C05, C07, and C17, respectively, and are connected to the conference.
- the connection status of participants 1, 3, and 5 (the English speaking individuals) is S. Consequently, participants 1, 3, and 5 can be heard in the conference but cannot listen to the conference.
- the bridge 150 associated with the conference, bridge Bl grabs the decoded information 126 from the decoder 122 of participants 1, 3, and 5 so that their audio signals can be mixed with the rest of the audio signals of the conference allowing participants 1, 3, and 5 to be heard.
- the connection status of participants 2, 4 (the French speaking individuals) and 7 (English to French translator) is "Normal" (N).
- participant 2, 4, and 7 can both speak and listen to the conference.
- the speech of each one of the participants 2, 4, and 7 is enabled by the bridge Bl grabbing the decoded information 126 from the decoder 122 associated with those participants, so that the decoded information of these participants can be mixed with the other audio signals of the conference, and participants 2, 4, and 7 can be heard.
- the listening process of one of the participants is enabled by the encoder 124 associated with that participant grabbing the mixed output 128 of the bridge (Bl).
- the third exemplary conference, conference C uses bridge B5, and has two participants 8 and 9, whom are using codecs having numbers C08 and C01, respectively. In this conference the connection status of both participants is "Normal" (N).
- conference D has four participants 8, 9, 10, and 11, who are using codecs numbered C08, CO 1, CIO, and C04, respectively.
- the connection status of participants 8 and 9 is Speak (S).
- S Speak
- the S connection status means that participants 8 and 9 can be heard in the conference but cannot listen to the conference.
- the bridge 150 associated with the conference in this case bridge B4, grabs the decoded information 126 from the decoder 122 associated with that participant so that the decoded information can be mixed with the other audio signals of the conference, and participants 8 and 9 can be heard.
- the connection status of participants 10 and 11 is "Normal" (N).
- conference X uses bridge Bz, and has 3 participants N, N+l and N+2 who are using codecs numbered Cm, Cl, and Ck, respectively.
- Conference X is a common conference where the connection status of all the participants is "Normal" (N).
- the first case is a combination of two related conferences A and B, which is a conference of three English speaking individuals with a translator from French to English (FE) and French speaking individual with a translator from English to French (EF).
- the second case is the combination of two related conferences C and D, which can be a case in which two individuals 8 and 9 are discussing an issue among themselves while their peers 10 and 11 can listen to them. The peers 10 and 11 can thus have an internal discussion between themselves without being heard by the individuals 8 and 9.
- An instance of a participant in a conference may be a call to (or rather an instantiation of) an object representing a particular participant.
- connection statuses such as, but not limited to, "Exclusive” (E) and "Listening” (L).
- E status the participant is the only one that can be heard in the conference.
- L status allows the participant to listen to the conference without speaking.
- One or both connection statuses, E and L may be used in an embodiment with any one of, any combination of, or all of connection statuses M, N, and None.
- one embodiment may include connection statuses N, E, L, and None while another embodiment may include M, N, E, S, and None.
- connection change is any change in a current situation or configuration of the conference.
- the connection change can be, for example, to start a conference, terminate a conference, add a participant, or mute a participant.
- the MCS 1170 (FIG. 1A) may perform connection changes by sending commands to the decoder 122 and the encoder 124 of the codec 120 that determine which information to grab from the CACI 110 (FIG. 1A) and/or the DACI 140 (FIG. IB), respectively, and/or by sending commands to the bridge 150 determining which information to grab from the DACI 140.
- the present invention is not limited to any specific type of database, and may use types of databases other than the ones explicitly disclosed above.
- the database CCDB may include a bank of databases, having one database for each participant.
- the database of a participant may have the participant's connection status in each conference.
- CCDB may have a bank of databases having one database for each conference.
- Each database may include the participants that are involved with that conference.
- the various databases may be related to each other enabling the controller to move from one database to the other.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the steps of an exemplary method 300 for disconnecting a participant.
- the method 300 updates the conference connections that are affected by the participant disconnecting.
- the method 300 ensures that the participant is no longer connected to any conference. Also, a participant being disconnected can place a conference in a state where the conference should be terminated (because, for example, there is only one participant left in that conference). Consequently, the method 300 also ensures that any conference that should be terminated as a result of the disconnection is actually terminated. [0054] When the MCS 1170 (FIG. 1A) receives a control signal 1174 (FIG. la), either from the host 1200 (FIG. 1A) or from NI 1142 (FIG. 1A), that a participant has been disconnected, in step 310, the MCS 1170 starts a disconnection routine associated with the method 300.
- a control signal 1174 FIG. la
- step 320 the MCS 1170 searches for the CCDB entry related to the participant that has been disconnected. In this step the appropriate row in the CCDB of FIG. 2, for example, is found. [0055] Then in step 330, the MCS 1170 starts the conference loop, which is a loop including all conferences that are currently managed by the MCU. The loop may be searched conference by conference. For example, MCS 1170 may check how many conferences are currently managed by the MCU and may store this parameter, K. Then the MCS 1170 may give the value 1 to a variable j and move along the appropriate row, in the CCDB of FIG. 2, for example, to the first conference found.
- the MCS 1170 may check if the connection status of the disconnected participant in the current conference is "None.” If it is different than "None," then the MCS 1170 moves to step 350. Otherwise, MCS 1170 moves to step 385. In step 350, the MCS 1170 may update the CCDB of FIG. 2, for example, with the new situation, (e.g., changes the connection status of the participant to "None"). Subsequently, in step 360 MCS 1170 may send signals to the rest of the participants in the conference indicating that one of the participants has been disconnected. [0057] Then, the MCS 1170 may perform a check, step 370, for whether a termination condition is met. The termination condition may occur when there are less than two participants.
- the termination condition may occur when the number of participants falls below a predetermined threshold.
- the predetermined threshold may be determined by financial or other considerations, for example.
- the termination condition may include a request to terminate the conference, which may be required in addition to or instead of the number of participants falling below a predetermined number. Termination of a conference can be done by the method described in conjunction with FIG. 4.
- the termination condition may be a logical function of several termination conditions, and may change dynamically according to a termination policy. If the termination condition is met, the MCS 1170 may move to step 365 and terminate the conference. However, if the termination condition is not met (for example, if there are more than two participants), the MCS 1170 enables the continuation of the conference and moves to step 385.
- the MCS 1170 may increase the variable j by 1, and check, in step 390, if an exit condition for exiting the loop is met.
- the MCS 1170 then moves to step 395 and exits the loop, thereby, terminating the disconnection method. Otherwise, in step 397 MCS 1170 moves to the next conference in the row and returns to step 340.
- a similar method could be used for disconnecting the participant from all but one or more specified conferences.
- FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating the steps of an exemplary method 400 for terminating a conference (i.e., step 365 of FIG. 3).
- the method 400 notifies all participants of a conference that the conference is being terminated. If a participant is connected to the conference, and if the situation of the participant meets the disconnection criteria, the method 400 also disconnects the participant. After terminating the conference, the CCDB needs to be updated so that MCS 1170 (FIG. 1A) no longer sends control signals related to the terminated conference. Consequently, after notifying and disconnecting the participants, as appropriate, the method 400 updates the CCDB to reflect the conference being disconnected.
- MCS 1170 FIG. 1A
- the MCS 1170 may start the termination routine of method 400.
- the MCS 1170 searches for the CCDB entry related to the conference to be terminated. For example, this step finds the appropriate column in the CCDB of FIG. 2.
- the MCS 1170 starts the participant loop, which may be a loop that includes all participants that are currently connected to the conference.
- the MCS 1170 may check how many participants are currently connected to the conference and store the number of participants (parameter P).
- MCS 1170 (FIG. 1) may give a value 1 to a variable j, and move along the appropriate column (or conference) to the first participant.
- the MCS 1170 updates the CCDB, with the new conference state (e.g., the connection status of the participant, which is associated with the variable j, is changed to "None").
- the MCS 1170 checks for a termination condition for the participant j.
- a termination condition may be when the participant is not connected to any other conference. The check may be performed by observing the corresponding row of the participant in the CCDB. Unless the participant has any relation to or any instance in any other conference, then the termination condition of participant j is met. In this example, if the participant has any instance in any other conference, then the MCS 1170 moves to step 445, else the MCS 1170 moves to step 450.
- the MCS 1170 sends an indication to participant j that the conference is terminated and in step 455 disconnects participant j.
- the MCS 1170 may have another termination condition or policy to disconnect a participant.
- the termination condition may be dynamic and may require a request for termination for the participant and/or other entity in addition to or as an alternative to the participant having a status of "None" in all conferences. If the termination condition is not met, for example, if the participant is connected to any other conference 440, then the MCS 1170 sends the operator and/or the participant an indication, in step 445, that the current conference is terminated and the method 400 moves to step 465.
- the MCS 1170 can be any one of or any combination of software, hardware, and or firmware. If the MCS 1170 is software, the MCS 1170 may reside in the host computer of the associated MCU.
- the MCS 1170 may be an additional unit located in the MCU.
- the CCDB can be implemented in a single database or in several related databases.
- the CCDB may be located in a bank of databases having one database per each participant, which may include the connection status of said participant in every conference that is currently controlled by the MCU and/or the connection parameters of the participant.
- each of the verbs, "comprise,” “include,” “have,” and conjugations thereof, are used to indicate that the object or objects of the verb are not necessarily a complete listing of members, components, elements or parts of the subject or subjects of the verb.
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